Royal Quest: Developed by Katauri Interactive

[Cy-Kill]

Officially announced at the event is Royal Quest, which is 1C Company's entry into the already crowded fantasy free-to-play MMO game genre. Developed by Katauri Interactive, who previously created the King's Bounty game series, Royal Quest is already looking like it will be a highly addictive gameplay experience.

The game's biggest draw is the various monsters and creatures you will encounter. Katauri has done a great job making these monsters look unlike any we have ever seen; from giant bugs to air bound jelly fish to a boss creature that looks like a cross between a lizard and a man wearing a Chinese hat. The early build of the game that we got to play at the event showcased these creatures to great effect.

You will get to pick from one of several character classes in the game. In our press build our character could ride on a winged lizard like mount and use special abilities to take out foes. It's pretty typical gameplay for this kind of MMO title; kill creatures and pick up gold and other loot that are dropped by the dead enemies. Since Royal Quest will be free-to-play the key with this game will be if the developer will be able to give players enough solid content to continue to pay for things like in-game items. The game itself isn't due for release until mid-2012.

[Seya]

So they changed to f2p now ... lol
the first thing people asked on their forums is how will the game handle subscriptions .

they immediately answered with "monthly pay"

im glad they saw it wouldnt work for a game that looks like that .


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[FluffyKitten]

Kinda looks like Myhos >.>

[chaoscauser]

Royal Quest is scheduled for a Spring 2012 release hmm....... would anyone still be interested by then?

[Urfrid]

lol i dont think so too many great mmorpgs will be out.

[Youkai]

this looks extremely good ... well ok mythos looked good before it got taken out of the trashbin as well (somehow it was better in the beta than now) but still i think this might really be a game worth packing some hope into ^^

[Acreon]

We'll see I suppose.
Really like the idea of mounted combat, i could EASILY see some side content for mount raising,racing, and maybe even jousting or something?

[Icura]

If they had been smart, they would've tried releasing it this year, as it is, there are far better games coming out within the next few months as well as next year that'll make this game a footnote.

Every year, we have been saying that the next year will be better.

[Seya]

Still , this game is made by a company who makes PC retail games "King's Bounty sereis" . Expect a lot of detail on every map . Not to mention the well drawn art-style

[Cy-Kill]

Every year, we have been saying that the next year will be better.

I never said the next year would be better, I said there'd be far better games, it's not the same thing.

[Flamey]

Looks like a much nicer version of Priston Tale 1 with a boosted gameplay. The urge to play is ENORMOUS!